EPA and U.S. Department of Energy's ENERGY STAR® program promotes partnerships with homebuilders, office building managers, product manufacturers, and many other organizations to improve the energy efficiency of homes, buildings, and various building components and appliances.

EPA's WaterSense program promotes and enhances the market for water-efficient products and services and educates homeowners, businesses, landscapers and others. WaterSense also develops performance criteria for water efficient products and services.

EPA's Industrial Materials Recycling Program provides information on how industrial materials, such as coal combustion products, foundry sand, and construction and demolition debris, can be recycled to meet the material needs of our construction industry. Industrial materials can be recycled in construction applications because they have many of the same chemical and physical properties as the virgin materials they replace. In some cases, they can even improve the quality of a product.

EPA's GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping that are designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution.

EPA's Industrial Materials Recycling Program provides information on how industrial materials, such as coal combustion products, foundry sand, and construction and demolition debris, can be recycled to meet the material needs of our construction industry. Industrial materials can be recycled in construction applications because they have many of the same chemical and physical properties as the virgin materials they replace. In some cases, they can even improve the quality of a product.

The Lifecycle Building Challenge is a competition soliciting projects, designs and ideas that facilitate building disassembly and material reuse to minimize waste, energy consumption, and associated greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) program works with stakeholders to provide EPA's chemical assessment tools and expertise to inform substitution to safer chemistries and to develop best practices. For example, DfE Furniture Flame Retardancy Partnership is helping industry factor environmental and human health considerations into their decision-making as they choose chemical flame retardants for fire safe furniture foam. Another example is the health, safety, and use information on spray polyurethane foam (SPF) posted on the DfE Web site to help educate and ensure that best practices are used when SPF is applied.

EPA's Green Chemistry program supports the research and development of safer chemicals and safer chemical processes through education and incentives.

EPA's Green Engineering program works to incorporate risk related concepts into chemical processes and products designed by academia and industry.

EPA's OPPT Lead Web site provides information about lead, lead hazards, and provides some simple steps to protect your family.

EPA's OPPT Asbestos Web site provides various paths for the public to access information about asbestos including general information about asbestos and its health effects, a list of commonly used Asbestos acronyms, and information about what to do if you suspect asbestos in your home or your school.

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) (sometimes also referred to as Indoor Environmental Quality or IEQ) is a critical component of constructing "green" homes and buildings. EPA's Indoor Environments Program offers several IAQ tools and programs designed to protect occupant health, promote comfort and productivity, and enhance the durability of structures.

IAQ Home Label for ENERGY STAR qualified new homes that also meet EPA construction specifications designed to reduce IAQ problems.

EPA's Green Infrastructure program promotes a new approach to stormwater management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly.

EPA's GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping that are designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution.

EPA's Location page highlights location-efficient siting, or locating a building within or near an existing community. This smart growth strategy connects particularly well with green building practices, as how people and goods get to and from a site affects the environmental performance of its buildings and occupants.